Before Li Xiaonan could react, Gu Yan pinched the package of fresh meat mooncakes with two fingers, lifted it high, and held it above her head.
Li Xiaonan slumped her shoulders, lowered her head slightly, and looked at Wan Qing cautiously.
Wanqing's shoulders tightened and her head could not be lowered any lower.
Gu Yan pinched the moon cake package and shook it twice, then threw it to Shi Gun in the air. He pulled out the folding fan and slapped Li Xiaonan on the shoulder, pushing her to turn around.
"Go in and tell us what's going on."
After taking two steps, Gu Yan looked back at Shi Gun and nodded to Wan Qing. Shi Gun hurriedly bowed and nodded.
Li Xiaonan was pushed all the way by Gu Yan's folding fan and entered a warm pavilion located halfway up the hill.
The Nuan Pavilion was fully furnished, and the mother-in-law and the boy on duty immediately started busy when they saw Gu Yan come in. It seems that this is a place where Gu Yan often comes.
Li Xiaonan entered the Nuan Pavilion, found a chair in the corner and sat down, looking at Gu Yan, ready to kill the pig and not be afraid of boiling water.
"Tell me, what is that big bag? What's going on?" Gu Yan sat next to Li Xiaonan, shook off the folding fan, and seemed to be in a good mood.
"Your kitchen makes fresh meat mooncakes, and the smell wafts over, it's so fragrant..."
"The smell of the kitchen can't get away no matter what, let's put it another way." Gu Yan leaned on the back of the chair and crossed his legs.
"I smelled it from the person who delivered the meal at noon."
"Well, that's a good statement. Let's continue." Gu Yan exaggeratedly praised.
"I asked Wan Qing to get me some, that's all." Li Xiaonan finished her sentence.
"Stone rolling!" Gu Yan shouted.
The stone rolled in response to the sound.
"What did Wan Qing say?"
"Wan Qing said: Miss Li didn't eat much for lunch. She thought that there were always very few snacks in the car. She was afraid that Miss Li would be hungry on the road, so she took a few pieces of fresh meat mooncakes." Shi Gun lowered his hand and answered.
"It's just because I'm hungry and I haven't eaten enough at noon. When guests come to your door, you have to feed them, right? It's the most basic way of hospitality." Li Xiaonan immediately answered.
"You know that you are a guest and you know how to treat guests. Just now in the second door, when you were holding that bag of things, you should thank me generously. This is the way for us to be guests and hosts.
"What did you look like just now? You don't look like a guest at all. You are obviously a little thief!" Gu Yan lit Li Xiaonan with his folding fan and taught him a lesson unceremoniously.
Li Xiaonan was choked by what he said.
"You are my guest, a distinguished guest from a different profession. Whatever you want to eat and what you want, just give me your instructions.
"It's not your fault. Wan Qing is here!" Gu Yan patted the folding fan.
Wan Qing came in in response, lowering her eyes and lowering her head.
"She doesn't understand the rules, don't you? I asked you to treat guests for me, and this is how you treat them? Have you become a thief in partnership with the guests?
"You have never seen or handled how to entertain guests and give gifts in the house, so why don't you ask the steward for advice?"
Gu Yan snorted and said, "If you pass on this message, you will be deducted two months' payment."
Li Xiaonan raised her hands to cover her face.
As expected, Wanqing’s monthly payment is not guaranteed.
Gu Yan glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan, who looked distressed, then glanced at Wan Qing, who was downcast, and snorted.
These two stupid girls are as stupid as ever!
"How are you reading the book?" Gu Yan patted the folding fan on the high table next to Li Xiaonan.
"It's okay." Li Xiaonan looked downcast and stood up by pressing the armrest of the chair, "It's time for me to go back."
"It's very late. Let's eat before leaving. I'll take you back." Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan and sighed, "Wan Qing doesn't care about the monthly money. She is not short of money."
"She cares about it! Who doesn't care about the monthly payment?" Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan speechlessly.
"She is indeed at fault in this matter. When the prince comes over in a few days, the whole industry will give out rewards and ask Shi Gun to remember her." Gu Yan wanted to sigh again.
"What do you want to eat?" Seeing that Li Xiaonan's complexion improved significantly, Gu Yan asked.
"Didn't you say that I like to eat anything delicious?" Li Xiaonan sat back.
"Did I make a mistake?" Gu Yan leaned over and asked.
"Then I want to eat something delicious." Li Xiaonan replied.
Gu Yan turned his head slightly, looked at the awkward Li Xiaonan, and raised his hand to retreat to the other boys.
"I just came back from Linhai Town. Something happened in Linhai Town."
"What's the matter?" Li Xiaonan raised her head and asked.
"Master Zou of the Chengzi Gang died, and they said it was Ma Feng. Do you know Ma Feng?" Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan nodded, "How to die in a romantic way, is it really an instant wind?"
"Clever! I have already made people keep an eye on a few important people on the dock."
Gu Yan leaned forward, and Li Xiaonan also leaned forward, and the two of them were almost touching each other.
"The murderer has been caught, but now is not the time to throw him out." Gu Yan said in a cheerful tone.
"He was really killed! Who is it?" Li Xiaonan sighed.
"What do you think?" Gu Yan smiled.
"Sea and Taxation Department?"
"Jiangnan Silk Head Office." Gu Yan chuckled.
"I read those archives and it was said that when Emperor Taizong first founded the country, the silk shops were all about evaluating raw silk grades. There were no big shops, there were small shops everywhere, and then they became a piece of business bit by bit.
"Well, I asked about the current silk shop, and they said that if each weaving shop wants to add a loom, it must first obtain a quota from the shop."
Li Xiaonan sighed.
"Now, the rules of the grain store are still the same as those of Taizong's time." Gu Yan looked a little gloomy.
These guilds were just minutiae, and the entire empire was already too muddy compared to the Qingming Dynasty during Taizong's time. Every time he talked about it with the prince, he felt extremely sad and angry.
"It's always like this. When the country was first founded, everything was smashed and rebuilt. Slowly, it returned to the past. It's like a vase, smashed, piece by piece glued together, and then glued back to its original appearance.
Break it into pieces again."
Li Xiaonan paused in her words and laughed dryly, "I mean, although it looks the same as before, there are actually changes. It will be better every time, the mouth of the bottle will be larger, and the person in the bottle will feel better."
"With the founding of the country, there will be decline. There is nothing that cannot be said. The prince and I just wanted to do something within our duties." Gu Yan said with a smile.
"Is Mr. Zou going to investigate the murder case?" Li Xiaonan lowered her voice and changed the subject.
"Well, there's no need to arrange it. The head wife of the Zou family reported it to the police, saying that the concubine murdered the Zou family. I left it in the hands of Huang Xianzhou. Huang Xianzhou is very good at trying cases." Gu Yan said with a smile.
"Will people die again in the future?" Li Xiaonan asked in a low voice.
"Yes, there will be more and more similar murders and silences." Gu Yan glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan sighed.
Gu Yan leaned towards Li Xiaonan and said slowly: "I thought you would say that human life is of paramount importance."
"Human life is at stake, but..." Li Xiaonan paused, looked at Gu Yan, and then said slowly: "There is no way, right? Xiaoci and Daci."
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan intently, and for a moment, he laughed.
